Film & television writer
Raymond arturo perez
Photography by Leire Baztarrica
ABOUT ME
Raymond Arturo Perez is a Los Angeles-based film and television writer from San Antonio, Texas, who served as staff writer on Season 2 of Netflix’s Selena: The Series.
As a queer Latiné writer, Raymond aims to further drive representation in film and television by telling stories of Latinés, queer people, and other underrepresented and historically marginalized communities. He is currently pursuing financing opportunities for his independent feature Ellie’s War on Christmas.
In 2024 Raymond was selected as a filmmaker for the Latino Filmmakers Network Sundance Hub. Raymond was a finalist for the 2023 Sony Pictures Television Diverse Writers Program and a grand finalist for the 2022 inaugural Starz #TaketheLead Writers’ Intensive with his pilot Chola Mom. In 2021 he was a finalist for the inaugural 2021 Out Loud List by Out in Hollywood – an industry initiative that spotlights the best unproduced stories centered around queer characters, written by proudly out queer writers – with his pilot The Only Gay in Waco.
In his continued effort to increase authentic representation across the industry, Raymond has partnered with various organizations like Outfest, Joseph Le Conte Middle School and The University of Texas at Austin to mentor young and emerging creatives with diverse backgrounds and perspectives. In addition, Raymond is an active member of The Clubhouse, a fellowship of gay Latinx writers aimed at fostering professional relationships and supporting writers in the industry.
Raymond received a Bachelor of Science in Radio-Television-Film and Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from The University of Texas at Austin in 2014, and received a Master of Fine Arts in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute in 2019.
When he isn’t writing at his kitchen table, Raymond enjoys dancing to an array of music genres including salsa, Brazilian funk, cumbia, merengue, and bachata – in that order.
credits
selena: the series (2021) on netflix / staff writer
PORTFOLIO
BETO’S CLOSET / HALF-HOUR DRAMEDY PILOT
A high school band geek runs as the first out gay student council president at his super conservative Texas high school as a publicity stunt to launch his fashions into international headlines. His mission to help mama pay the bills places him as public enemy #1 and a promising presidential contender for the misfits of his school.
chola mom / half-hour DRAMEDY PILOT
When a live drag performance awakens 29-year-old Benito from the doldrums of his corporate job, this fish out of water enters a local drag competition and finds inspiration in the person he hates most - his homophobic and racist chola mother he agrees to house after her most recent eviction.
LANGUAGES
English
Spanish / Español
Portuguese*
American Sign Language (ASL)*
InterestS
Music: Orchestral to Reggaeton
Dance: Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, Cumbia, Brazilian Funk, Hiphop
Drag
Fashion
Vogue Ballroom: Walk Schoolboy Realness for the House of Hervé Léger
Marching Band: Alto Saxophones and Drum Majors
Ghosts, Cults, anything in the Lost Universe
Wrestling
ADDITIONAL COURSES
Cory Mandell Workshop
Script Anatomy Half-Hour
Education
AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE
M.F.A. SCREENWRITING
Graduated 2019
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
B.S. RADIO-TELEVISION-FILM
B.B.A. MARKETING
Graduated 2014